"Tracey Takes On..."
Consise Episode Guide
Compiled by Roger Reini (contact info)
(last revised April 20, 2008)
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This is a concise episode guide to "Tracey Takes On...", the HBO comedy
series starring Tracey Ullman. This differs from the detailed episode guides and
commentaries I've done in
that:
- it covers all seasons of the series
- it contains very short descriptions of the major sketches (no spoilers)
Episodes are listed in the order of their original airdate on HBO.
Ten episodes plus a "Best Of" special.
1. Jan 24 1996 Romance
SHORT BITS:
Rayleen Gibson (stuntwoman)
Noh Nang Ning (donut shot owner, of indeterminate Asian origin)
Virginia Bugge (politician's wife)
Chic (New York cabie of Middle Eastern origin -- a man)
Linda Granger at rehearsal (beneath closing credits)
LONGER SKETCHES:
Hope Finch, college freshman, finds true love at a coffeehouse (or maybe not)
Harry Rosenthal is in the hospital after a heart attack, and Fern is concerned
The story of pro golfer Midge Dexter and her lover Chris Warner
2. Jan 31 1996 Charity
SHORT BITS:
Janie Pillsworth (magazine editor):
Hope Finch (college student):
LONGER SKETCHES:
Fern Rosenthal's charity benefit
Linda Granger at Rayleen Gibson's Aged Animal Actors Home
Kay Clark helps a homeless Vietnam vet who's willing to work for food
Ruby Romaine (makeup artist) (under closing credits)
3. Feb 07 1996 Nostalgia
SHORT BITS:
Janie Pillsworth (magazine editor)
Mrs. Noh Nan Ning (donut shop owner):
Kay Clark (care giver):
Trevor Ayliss (flight attendant -- he is openly gay):
Chic (cabbie) -- under the closing credits
LONGER SKETCHES:
Russians longing for the good old days
Ruby Romaine watching a documentary on "The Epic That Never Was"
Folk singer Erin McCall "remembering" the Sixties
4. Feb 14 1996 Royalty
Rayleen Gibson (stuntwoman)
Fern Rosenthal (retired homemaker)
Ruby Romaine (makeup artist)
Hope Finch (college student)
Trevor Ayliss (flight attendant)
Linda Granger in rehearsal
LONGER SKETCHES:
Kay meets the exiled king of Albania -- or does she?
Lawyer Sydney Kross soliciting the business of Princess Diana (removed from
repeats following the death of Princess Diana)
An unforgettable luncheon for royalty
5. Feb 21 1996 Family
SHORT BITS:
Fern Rosenthal (retired homemaker)
Virginia Bugge (politician's wife)
Kay Clark (care giver)
Rayleen Gibson (stuntwoman)
Sydney Kross (attorney)
Chic (New York cab driver)
Ruby Romaine (makeup artist)
The Rosenthals (retired couple)
Linda Granger in rehearsal (underneath credits)
LONGER SKETCHES:
Mrs. Noh Nan Ning is watching her niece skate
Trevor is asked to father a child
Hope makes her first film
6. Feb 28 1996 Law
SHORT BITS:
Mrs. Noh Nan Ning (donut shop owner) (twice)
Hope Finch (college student)
LONGER SKETCHES:
Sydney Kross in court
Ruby Romaine encouraging insurance fraud
The Rosenthals help the police
7. Mar 06 1996 Vanity
SHORT BITS:
Chic (cab driver)
The Rosenthals
Virginia Bugge (politician's wife)
Mrs. Noh Nan Ning (donut shop owner)
Ruby Romaine (makeup artist)
Trevor Ayliss (flight attendant)
Rayleen Gibson (stuntwoman)
Linda Granger (Actress/singer/author)
LONGER SKETCHES:
Kay's a bridesmaid
Sydney Kross is having a bad hair day
Janie Pillsworth on assignment in Bosnia
8. Mar 13 1996 Death
SHORT BITS:
Trevor Ayliss (flight attendant)
Mrs. Noh Nan Ning (donut shop owner)
Rayleen Gibson (underneath the credits)
LONGER SKETCHES:
Timmy Bugge's caught in a scandal and may need to take The Other Way Out
Ruby Romaine gives one last makeup job to Vivian Biltmore
Kay has a near-death experience
9. Mar 20 1996 Health
SHORT BITS:
Kay Clark (caregiver)
Chic (cab driver)
Mrs. Noh Nan Ning (donut shop owner)
Ruby Romaine (makeup artist)
LONGER SKETCHES:
Sydney Kross goes to the health spa
Fern doesn't like Boca Raton
10. Mar 27 1996 Fame
SHORT BITS:
Chic (New York cab driver)
Sydney Kross (defense attorney)
Kay Clark (care giver)
Mrs. Noh Nan Ning (donut shop owner)
LONGER SKETCHES:
Linda Granger is stalked -- and reality and fiction come together
11. April 3 1996 The Best of "Tracey Takes On..."
From the "Fame" episode: Rayleen Gibson arrives on the set to do a fall. This
is where she called Tracey "that stupid little Brit girl who takes all the parts so
no one else gets a crack at 'em". Her parting shot: "Let's make movies!"
From the "Romance" episode: "Midge and Chris" (about the pro golfer
and her "nutritionist"/lover)
Mrs. Noh Nan Ning on romance (it's like a donut)
From the "Charity" episode: "Fern's Charity Ball"
Hope Finch on Charity (can't talk)
Kay on Fame (meeting Pablo Escobar)
From the "Royalty" episode: "The Royal Visit"
Fern Rosenthal on Royalty (Steve and Eydie)
Sydney Kross on Fame (how lawyers are now famous)
From the "Family" episode: "One Night Stand" (where Trevor is asked
to father a child). NOTE: This sketch is slightly different from its original airing. An
excerpt from the Linda Granger sketch in "Fame" has been edited onto the
beginning of this sketch.
Ruby Romaine on Health (getting a mammogram)
From the "Romance" episode: the fantasy dance sequence from the sketch
featuring Hope.
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Fifteen episodes, plus a "Best Of" special
1. Jan 18 1997 Sex
New opening sequence and new theme (which is actually an old theme - Tracey's 1984 hit
"They Don't Know", as lipsynced by her and several of her characters)
OPENING MONOLOGUE: Tracey tells us that she's not going to tell us about her sex life.
SHORT BITS:
Sydney Kross (attorney)
Hope Finch (college student)
Birdie Godsen (housewife)
Kay Clark (caregiver)
LONGER SKETCHES
Linda Granger suffers a relapse in her struggle against sexual addiction
Fern Rosenthal and friend Jobie (Julie Kavner) discuss their sex lives
Ruby Romaine gets a makeup job on a hardcore porn movie
Chic tells us about his first time
2. Jan 25 1997 Fantasy
OPENING MONOLOGUE: Tracey tells us about seeing the Beatles in concert when she was 5
and how that inspired a fantasy about Paul McCartney.
SHORT BITS:
Trevor Ayliss (airline steward)
Mrs. Noh Nan Ning (donut shop owner)
SLIGHTLY LONGER BITS:
Fern's friend Jobie (Julie Kavner) has the hots for the new pool guy
Her Royal Highness meets Tracey, and they tell each other what they really think about
each other
LONGER SKETCHES:
Sydney fantasizes about what would happen if she killed a priest
Ruby has a very close encounter with an alien
Rayleen and Mitch try yet again to make the "Forum" column of Penthouse
3. Feb. 2 1997 Mothers
OPENING: Tracey and kids are visiting her mother/their grandmother back in England.
SHORT BITS:
Mrs. Noh Nang Ning (donut shop owner)
Ruby Romaine (makeup artist)
Her Royal Highness
Birdie Godsen (housewife)
Chic (taxi driver)
Trevor Ayliss (flight steward)
LONGER SKETCHES:
Janie Pillsworth dreams she becomes her very common mother
Ruby Romaine discovers her great-granddaughter is African-American
Fern and Harry Rosenthal are about to become grandparents
CLOSING: Back to grandmother's to pick up some loose ends
4. Feb 08 1997 Las Vegas
OPENING: Tracey and husband Allan are off to Las Vegas to gamble, golf (he is, anyway)
, and renew their wedding vows (not necessarily in that order)
MAIN SKETCH:
Virginia and Timmy are diverted to Las Vegas
Hope is researching her sociology paper on strippers and hookers
Trevor enjoys his layover
Chic is doing some work out west
Ruby is helping out an old friend, doing makeup for exotic dancers
Fern is gambling
Linda is attempting yet another comeback (but may end up developing a new addiction)
POSTSCRIPT: Sydney Kross is grateful for her opportunity to represent Linda Granger
5. Feb 17 1997 Secrets
OPENING: Tracey shows us her secret office restroom.
SHORT BITS:
Kay Clark talks about her mother and her pet bird
Chic collects the secrets of his fares
Fern and Jovie talk about things they haven't told their husbands
HRH meets Salman Rushdie (but talks about Madonna)
Rayleen reveals the unusual circumstances of her birth
Birdie shows us what awaits the Feds
LONG BITS:
Linda Granger's adopted daughter learns the truth about her birth parents
Janie Pillsworth reveals her secret obsession to her psychiatrist
6. Feb 24 1997 Childhood
OPENING: Tracey shows us a few childhood mementos.
SHORT BITS:
Chic describes his arriving in America with his family
Sydney describes her active legal life as a youngster
HRH meets her former nanny
Janie describes her ordinary, boring childhood
Ruby tells how she got into the motion picture business
LONG SKETCHES:
Rayleen tells how she was raised by a pack of wild dingoes
Mrs. Noh describes how important the circle has been in her life
Trevor reminisces about the day his family learned he was "different"
7. Mar 05 1997 1976
OPENING: The hazards of 20 year old platform shoes
SHORT BITS:
Mrs. Noh remembers the new donut machines of 1976
Ruby Romaine recalls her stint on "VIP Lounge"
LONG SKETCH:
The story of legendary club Stage 24 - the place to be, and the site of Linda Granger's
downfall
8. Mar 12 1997 Food
OPENING: How to prepare toad in the hole (pigs in a blanket, etc.).
SHORT BITS:
Mrs. Noh cooks lunch - fried eels
Ruby and vintage TV dinners
Fern and her digestive difficulties
Sydney's secret for the courtroom - raw meat
Virginia's observations on class and diet
Linda's cure for bulimia
Birdie sees conspiracies in cereal box artwork
HRH meets Paul Newman
LONG SKETCHES:
Janie is upset over losing her primo table
Chic's Cab Cafe
Trevor and Barry (Michael McKean) have a spat
9. Mar 19 1997 Crime
OPENING: The office pool - and the police take on Tracey
SHORT BITS:
Her Royal Highness meets O.J. Simpson
Mrs. Noh describes justice in her homeland
Chic's other sideline: international arms merchant
Fern on crime and the Jews
Ruby on the time she was busted
Hope and the "body in the rug" story
Birdie counsels Death Row inmates
LONGER SKETCHES:
Kay is suspected of robbery but gets close to the PI (John Spencer) following her
Linda meets the man who stalked her
Timmy and Virginia pick up the wrong bag - a bag filled with drug money
10. Mar 26 1997 Movies
OPENING: They don't make films like British war pictures any more - thank God!
SHORT BITS:
HRH meets Demi Moore
Mrs. Noh says movies were banned in her homeland
Trevor doesn't like "Gone With the Wind"
Fern about her experiences at the movies
Chic hits on Julie Andrews
Why Kay doesn't go to very many movies
Sydney wonders who might play her in a movie about her life
LONG SKETCHES:
Ruby goes to the "Monsterplex"
The Bugges rent their house to a film crew
Rayleen saves the day at a movie premiere
11. Apr 02 1997 Money
OPENING: Tracey shows us "stockholders" (viewers) one of the show's assets:
writer Jerry Belson.
SHORT BITS:
HRH meets Shaquille O'Neill
Ruby tells how hard it is for old people to get by in America
Birdie describes some of the financial benefits of Big Tobacco
Rayleen introduces her new line of Australian cosmetics
LONG SKETCHES:
Chic is audited by the IRS
Fern and Harry invest in ostriches
Linda sells recovery dolls on the Family Spending Channel
12. Apr. 09 1997 Race Relations
OPENING: Tracey doesn't want to offend anyone - she wants to offend everyone!
SHORT BITS:
Virginia doesn't care for the Blacks
Fern on black-Jewish relations
Rayleen is being chased by the Nation of Islam
Trevor on the time Nelson Mandela flew with him
Chic on the time he picked up Johnnie Cochran
Mrs. Noh and her donuts-for-guns program
Sydney on hiring minority staffers
LONG SKETCHES:
Linda's co-star in "Driving Miss Daisy" is mad at the world
Kay is the foreperson of the jury
Harry Rosenthal appears in a rap music video
13. Apr. 16 1997 Supernatural
OPENING: How to tell a real alien from a phony one
SHORT BITS:
Trevor has a "Twilight Zone" experience
Janie can predict trends `cause she's psychic
Chic doesn't believe in the supernatural
LONG SKETCHES:
Chris sells her soul to the devil so that Midge can golf better
The Rosenthal's maid puts a curse on them
14. Apr. 23 1997 Politics
OPENING: Women in control at TTO
SHORT BITS:
Chic sympathizes with politicians who have their "needs"
Virginia misses the days of Margaret Thatcher
Mrs. Noh on voting in her homeland
Ruby on the ties between showbiz and politics
Birdie goes to the "We Hate Hillary" club meeting
Sydney's glad for politicians
LONG SKETCHES:
Trevor as a decoy date for a senator's mistress
Fern runs for condo association president
15. Apr. 30 1997 Music
OPENING: Sometimes a gold record isn't always a gold record - it could be chocolate!
SHORT BIT:
HRH meets Bob Dylan
LONG SKETCHES:
Sydney defends her client in song (and wins)
Chic pursues his deadbeat fare onto the stage of the opera
Linda before a very tough crowd (at a detention facility)
Erin has an abortive reunion with her old band Wild Child
16. May 28 1997 SPECIAL: Best of Second Season
Strictly speaking, this is not part of the series but a special. However, since it is
related to the second season, it seems reasonable to summarize it in the second season
guide.
OPENING: Her Royal Highness meets Tracey (from the Fantasy episode)
OPENING SEQUENCE: An extended version of the standard opening
SHORT BITS:
Mrs. Noh on Food (preparing her lunch: eels)
Ruby on Mothers (she's been a good mother, she thinks)
Chic on Crime (his side business of arms dealing)
Trevor on Race Relations (meeting Nelson Mandela)
Fern on Race Relations (Michael Jackson and Cedars Sinai)
Fern and Jobie on Sex
Birdie on Politics (the "We Hate Hillary" club)
Sydney on Sex (commenting on her recent partners)
Kay on Movies (and her surprising taste in films)
Janie on the Supernatural (she's a psychic)
LONG SKETCHES:
Rayleen on Childhood (being raised by dingoes)
Trevor on Childhood (growing up in the North of England)
Linda on Sex (the cable guy)
Fern on Money (the ostrich farm)
Ruby on Mothers (meeting her great-granddaughter)
Sydney on Music (singing to the jury)
Mrs. Noh on Fantasy (her tap dance fantasy)
Chic and Linda on 1976 (on the dance floor)
CLOSING: To the accompaniment of last year's theme, we see a few bloopers.
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Ten episodes plus a "Best Of" special
1. Marriage (Jan 04 1998)
OPENING: a look at Tracey and Allan's wedding (complete with "Groucho-gram")
SHORT BITS:
Chic doesn't like the concept of marriage, with its "unnatural" monogamy
Hope envisions her ideal wedding
Erin questions the wisdom of marrying musicians
Trevor describes his 'marriage' to Barry
Linda mentions her many husbands (but only up through 1981 -- she ran out of time)
LONGER SKETCHES:
Sydney presses Kay to marry her client who's on Death Row
Ruby meets her son's mail-order bride
Sheneesha gives some advice to some newlyweds
2. Hollywood (Jan 11 1998)
OPENING: Lamenting the loss of the history of Hollywood
STORY LINES (all of the stories were interrelated):
Chic goes to Hollywood to pitch a script that falls into his hands
Fern wins an appearance on "Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman"
Ruby is the subject of a documentary
Sydney has the hots for Chic (but is the reverse true?)
Mrs. Noh doesn't care for Chic at all
Linda has a role in an awards show
3. Smoking (Jan 18 1998)
OPENING: Why Tracey had to kick the habit (no ashtrays)
SHORT BITS:
Hope sneaking a puff
Mrs. Noh selling nicotine donuts
Chic does not allow smoking in his cab
LONG SKETCHES:
Kay finds some medicinal marijuana for her mother
Linda tells how that first cigarette started her on the road to her addictions
Ruby cannot find a place to smoke
4. Loss (Jan 25 1998)
OPENING: How Mabel's umbilical cord fragment became a dog treat
SHORT BITS:
Ruby tells how she lost her remote control once but managed to cope
Mrs. Noh suggests a new weight loss method: worms
HRH meets the Rolling Stones
Janie relates how mixing antidepressants resulted in a "sexual root canal"
Hope describes in detail how she will lose her virginity
Sheneesha comments on the link between airport x-ray machines and fertility
Kay says she's lost her youth
Chic's lost-and-found philosophy: you lose it, tough s***!
Trevor loses some hair
LONGER SKETCHES:
Fern learns that Harry's apparently been eaten by an alligator
Rayleen mourns the death of husband Mitch -- but her losses have just begun
Sydney loses in court for the first time
5. Agents (Feb 01 1998)
OPENING: comparing British and American agents
SHORT BITS:
HRH meets Pierce Brosnan
Birdie's sideline: Militia M'lady products
Trevor's days as a courier for a travel agent
Ruby's days as an undercover agent for the FBI
LONGER SKETCHES:
Fern's husband Harry faked his death (initially)
Linda leaves her longtime agent Candy Casino
6. Age (Feb 08 1998)
OPENING: Rejuvenating capsules, bad facelifts, and Dr. Kevorkian
SHORT BITS:
Mrs. Noh on why people of all ages love donuts
Rayleen doesn't care about age that much
Sheneesha says black women age better than white women
Sydney's having her eggs harvested
Birdie and her former theory about the Second Coming
HRH meets Macauley Culkin
Ruby talks about her son's pet pig
LONG SKETCHES:
Hope falls for her older, physically challenged professor
Fern receives a marriage proposal
Trevor and Barry comment on how differently they've aged
7. Religion (Feb 15 1998)
OPENING: Televangelists and "Ullmanism"
SHORT BITS:
Hope on the difference between "God" and "a God"
Ruby describes her "religious experience"
Sydney would have liked to represent Lilith, Adam's first wife
Fern welcomes Madeline Albright to Judaism
Kay takes Mother to a Benny Hinn rally
HRH meets the Pope
LONG SKETCHES:
Birdie kidnaps Chris and tries to "cure" her of her homosexuality
Linda rediscovers her relationship with God
8. Man's Best Friend (Feb 22 1998)
OPENING: about Binky, dogs that don't crap, and dogs that look like Kate Moss
SHORT BITS:
Birdie casts out the family dog, who will wander in and out of the other short bits
Fern explains why Jews and pets don't mix
Erin is inspired to write a song about the big yellow dog
Mrs. Noh questions why Westerners reject the dog as food
LONG SKETCHES:
Linda and Trevor smuggle a dog onto the plane
Ruby receives some unwanted attention from the neighbor's dog
CLOSING: The dog shows up at the Takes On offices.
9. Culture (Mar 01 1998)
OPENING: Experiencing London culture from a tour bus
SHORT BITS:
Ruby and Buddy see "Miss Saigon"
Birdie describes her home school for her children
Fern talks about the culture she likes: cultured pearls
Chic's artistic bent
Trevor's comments on the international airline crews
Rayleen decries the lack of appreciation of Australian culture
Kay talks about one of Mother's cultures
LONG SKETCHES:
Hope wants to know a Scottish poet (Billy Connolly) in the Biblical sense
Sydney's method of stress relief: "Riverdance"
Linda fights against funding cuts for the arts
Sheneesha pressures a publisher into a book deal
10. Sports (Mar 08 1998)
OPENING: working out in Hyde Park, or The Joy Of Harvey Nichols
SHORT BITS:
Chic on bladder ball
Linda complains about foul treatment at a celebrity sports competition
Fern describes how she avoided gym class
Erin has a rough time singing the National Anthem
HRH meets Pete Sampras
Trevor describes cheating in a race as a child
LONG SKETCHES:
Ruby has a good day at the track, but her old flame has a bad day
Janie relives her competition with a school rival (Jennifer Jason Leigh)
11. Best-Of 3 special (June 4 1998)
OPENING: None -- goes straight into standard opening sequence
Chic on Sports (bladder ball)
Ruby on Sports (at the race track)
Trevor on Loss (hair loss)
Janie on Loss (loss of sexual sensation)
Kay on Smoking (buying some medicinal marijuana)
Hope on Smoking (ashamed of her addiction)
Janie on Sports (Janie vs. Paige)
Sheneesha on Age ("black don't crack")
Sydney on Culture (her passion for Riverdance)
Birdie on Man's Best Friend (casting out the family dog)
Fern on Age (another marriage proposal)
Linda on Smoking (her life story)
Her Royal Highness on Age (meeting Macaulay Culkin)
Kay and Sydney on Marriage (Kay marries the condemned inmate)
Ruby on Agents (her FBI career)
Linda on Marriage (her husbands through 1981)
CLOSING: bloopers, flubs and outtakes, set to the first season theme
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Twelve episodes but no "Best Of" special
1. Dating (Jan 13 1999)
OPENING: why Tracey didn't go on many dates, per se
SHORT BITS:
Janie on her idea of the perfect date
Kay on post-dating checks (the only dating she can speak about)
Ruby on her daughter dating a black man
Rayleen is asked out by a fellow stuntman
Trevor on his dating experiences and the hustle
Nadja on dating as a 12-year old
Chic on his idea of a great date
LONGER SKETCHES:
Sydney tries a dating agency
Erin objects to Dusty's going on a date
Linda meets an old flame and has a Titanic experience
2. Drugs (Jan 13 1999)
OPENING: Just say "no, thank you"
SHORT BITS:
Ruby on her botched hip replacement
Chic on his cousin who screwed himself up badly on drugs
Nadja won't let her girls take drugs and explains why
Linda sings about all the drugs she's kicked before
LONGER SKETCHES:
Erin's drug dealer contemplates his life
Sheneesha needs her blood-pressure medication
Midge and Chris each develop a drug problem (steroids and pot)
Kay talks to a co-worker about an addiction but gets hooked herself -- on swing
3. Scandal (Jan 20 1999)
OPENING: Problems with an old boyfriend and a British tabloid
SHORT BITS:
Hope on journalistic integrity and an exam scandal on campus
Madame Nadja on who you know and what you know about them
Linda complains about publicity (yeah, right)
LONGER SKETCHES:
Fern is touched by her dentist -- but he shouldn't be touching her there
Sydney complains about a hair in her bed
Janie is attracted to a young man -- a very young man
4. Hair (Jan 20 1999)
OPENING: Tracey's theory about Elton John's hair
SHORT BITS:
Kay's hair-styling secrets
Ruby talks about the four basic hair colors
Madame Nadja on keeping her girls trimmed
LONGER SKETCHES:
Linda stops the show in "Hair"
Trevor recalls getting a Beatle haircut as a youth
Fern's hairdresser has died
Erin gets entangled in cacti
5. Lies (Jan 27 1999)
OPENING: Lying about cosmetic surgery, and lying in chat rooms
SHORT BITS:
Hope on the things she "knew" as a child
Madame Nadja says the police lie (sure)
Sydney never lies (yeah, right)
Ruby reads the "truth" about Liberace
Trevor talks about Pinocchio, the classic and adult versions
Linda sings and reveals a past untruth
LONG BITS:
Fern and Phyllis discuss their late husbands' infidelity
Sheneesha and Hellura discuss how to respond to infidelity
Chic tells a lie to get out of a ticket and suffers the consequences
6. Erotica (Feb 3 1999)
OPENING: On Anais Nin and Demi Moore
SHORT BITS:
Madame Nadja on the sexiest part of a woman
Hope studies Spanish because of Mexican wrestlers
Fern realizes the truth about an oriental sculpture
Ruby and Mannix
Trevor on the Mile High Club
LONG SKETCHES:
Janie finds a sculpture to be very arousing
Chic has an idea for Taxicab Confessions
Linda, the sultan and Victoria Principal
7. Books (Feb 10 1999)
OPENING: On book displays, swastikas, Princess Diana and the Titanic
SHORT BITS:
Trevor smuggles a book into England
Janie recalls living with a poet once
Madame Nadja's dilemma: to publish or not to publish
Birdie barbecues some books
Chic read a book once
Rayleen rips up a phone book
LONG SKETCHES:
Linda reads Chekhov -- make that "Chekov"
Kay finds love at the library
Fern wants to retrieve her signed "Valley Of The Dolls"
8. Road Rage (Feb 17 1999)
OPENING: Becoming upset with elderly drivers who have a hard time seeing where
they're going
STORY LINES (interwoven throughout the episode):
Sydney enjoys her new Hummer
Linda flies with Chopper Tim
Ruby is carjacked but becomes a hero
Hope retrieves her first car, which had been stolen from her
Fern and Jobie visit L.A.
Midge and Chris are upset
Everyone runs into each other (almost)
9. America (Feb 24 1999)
OPENING: On showing the ear for green card pictures, blaring herpes commercials, and Baywatch
in India
SHORT BITS:
Kay says America brought out her wild side
Erin doesn't like America (the band, that is)
Birdie does a baton routine
Sheneesha extols the quality of American's carry-on luggage
LONG SKETCHES:
Ruby was Sen. McCarthy's lover
Fern recalls her past with a Jewish mobster
10. Hype (Mar 3 1999)
OPENING: A questionable promotion involving Tracey from the '80s
SHORT BITS:
Madame Nadja wonders why America talks to itself so much
Fern has an unexpected surplus of caskets
Sheneesha hates the conditions in the new airport terminal
LONG SKETCHES:
HRH is advised to meet with a spin doctor
Ruby enters Buddy in a contest to win a new truck
Linda promotes the new "V.I.P. Lounge" movie
11. Obsession (Mar 10 1999)
OPENING: On elderly Germans, washing hands, and the World Cup
SHORT BITS:
Chic promotes "Absession"
Hope on America's obsession with youth
Ruby on "Magnificent Obsession"
HRH: the royal family is not obsessive
Kay gets into Beanie Babies
LONG SKETCHES:
Sydney attends her high school reunion and gets her revenge
Trevor and Barry take up Latin dancing
Sheneesha on Steven Spielberg's stalker
12. End of the World (Mar 17 1999)
OPENING:
STORY LINES (interwoven throughout the episode):
A meteor shower heads toward Earth, and our characters react in various ways --
Hope may lose her virginity
Ruby has an unexpected visitation
Trevor & Barry consider a Thelma & Louise
Linda gives a farewell concert
Fern and Jobie pig out
Birdie lets her hair down
Sydney gets away from it all
Sheneesha restores order
Chic and Janie do it
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